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Realistically, what do they have the power to do that they aren't already doing?
Well they could have held up funding the entire budget, easily. They had that power and they pissed it away for nothing. They could also constantly bring up impeachment votes for trump and his appointees to get the republicans on camera backing unpopular actions up. When they fail to do that they fail to pin accountability on the republicans that would hurt them during reelection time. These are trivially easy things to do.
Why do you keep running interference for failure Chonky? You seem to have a vested interest here. Ah I see. perusing your previous coments, I see pro AIPAC stuff. Got it.
You mean through government shut down? That has consequences. People that depend on government benefits lose their support. Government workers can't pay their rent/mortgage. Meanwhile the Republicans will steal funding from wherever to make sure ICE doesn't miss a dime. Is that worth the sacrifice? It's easy to say yes when you aren't the one making that sacrifice.
There is a fundamental thing about the MAGA mindset that we all need to understand. When Republicans get caught lying, cheating, and stealing they DONT CARE. They assume all politicians do this regardless of party. It is irrelevant as long as the politician pushed the policies they want. GOP support of Trump didn't drop a bit during either impeachment (and in fact went up following the first one).
No you don't. You see anti-blaming-the-jews stuff. It's probably been months but I've argued heavily in the past for an independent Palestinian state and for Israel to stop it's genocide.
You see me as running interference for failure, but I see you and others as visualizing success that simply isn't possible in the real world. Republicans control all three branches of the government and the President has his own personal army bent on installing their fascist dictator. The idea that show impeachment trials or protest votes are going to make any difference is laughable.